My late Aunt Nenan's chocolate cake with chocolate icing. It was nearly black in color, super moist, and had a distict flavor. She died without ever giving anyone the recipe (I begged) and I've never been able to copy it. I've tried for years and years. I can still taste it and still miss it. : (

Originally Posted by jeepcurlygurl

A few people I know make a cake that looks exactly as you described. The recipe for it is on the back of the Hershey's Cocoa can. It has been for years. That might not be it, but it's worth a shot.

*my phone is killing me. we had to ask my uncle for the recipe many times before he broke down and told us. people seem to act a bit secretive with that one.*

Originally Posted by Fifi.G

Thanks fifi! I might have tried that years ago but always worth another shot!

Originally Posted by jeepcurlygurl

Is anyone a Friends fan? This reminds me of that episode where Monica is trying to duplicate the recipe for Phoebe's grandma's wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe based off the one remaining cookie.

My late Aunt Nenan's chocolate cake with chocolate icing. It was nearly black in color, super moist, and had a distict flavor. She died without ever giving anyone the recipe (I begged) and I've never been able to copy it. I've tried for years and years. I can still taste it and still miss it. : (

Originally Posted by jeepcurlygurl

A few people I know make a cake that looks exactly as you described. The recipe for it is on the back of the Hershey's Cocoa can. It has been for years. That might not be it, but it's worth a shot.

*my phone is killing me. we had to ask my uncle for the recipe many times before he broke down and told us. people seem to act a bit secretive with that one.*

Originally Posted by Fifi.G

Thanks fifi! I might have tried that years ago but always worth another shot!

Originally Posted by jeepcurlygurl

You are welcome. When you described the appearance, and said it was moist, that was the first thing I thought of. It is one of the darkest cakes I have ever seen.

Goldy, I had forgotten about that episode. Haha. It was a good one.

When I hear terms like "hipster" I think, who told cliques they could leave high school??

Pound cakes are fantastic. Plain, cream cheese, chocolate, butter nut... My childhood baby sitter would reward me with a slice of poundcake, cut into little squares, after I practiced tying my shoes. 33 years later and I still cut my pound cake into little squares before I eat it.

Byron,GA> Charleston, SC> Jacksonville, FL> Guilford, CT> Rohnert Park, CA! A southern drawl in sunny Cali! . The amount of time from slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is exactly one bananosecond.I do have a secret yen for pink in unexpected places. ~ninja dogI've decided that I'll never get down to my original weight, and I'm OK with that--After all, 8 pounds 2 oz. is just not realistic.

If I'm being totally honest, I'll eat just about any cake. Except for carrot cake. *gag* Or anything with a jam in the middle. Omg. Ew. I was so annoyed when I realized my brother's wedding cake had raspberry jam in the middle. RUINED, I tell you! Not even the white chocolate shavings on it made up for this!

But if I'm getting specific, I do love a good flour-less chocolate cake, like legends mentioned. I made this one a year or two ago that was just straight up delicious... I might need to try it again.

I've been liking pound cake lately, too. Like, I could so go for a slice of marble pound cake right about now! Yum!

Byron,GA> Charleston, SC> Jacksonville, FL> Guilford, CT> Rohnert Park, CA! A southern drawl in sunny Cali! . The amount of time from slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is exactly one bananosecond.I do have a secret yen for pink in unexpected places. ~ninja dogI've decided that I'll never get down to my original weight, and I'm OK with that--After all, 8 pounds 2 oz. is just not realistic.

I don't follow players or anything going on with them so I'm probably missing some....reference?

Byron,GA> Charleston, SC> Jacksonville, FL> Guilford, CT> Rohnert Park, CA! A southern drawl in sunny Cali! . The amount of time from slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is exactly one bananosecond.I do have a secret yen for pink in unexpected places. ~ninja dogI've decided that I'll never get down to my original weight, and I'm OK with that--After all, 8 pounds 2 oz. is just not realistic.

Byron,GA> Charleston, SC> Jacksonville, FL> Guilford, CT> Rohnert Park, CA! A southern drawl in sunny Cali! . The amount of time from slipping on the peel and landing on the pavement is exactly one bananosecond.I do have a secret yen for pink in unexpected places. ~ninja dogI've decided that I'll never get down to my original weight, and I'm OK with that--After all, 8 pounds 2 oz. is just not realistic.

Does a petit four count as a cake? I refer to them as tiny bits of cakey heaven, but don't know if they really count.

I don't like most cakes in general - they're just not my thing.

I do love a good pound cake.

I do not understand all of you who do not like jam or filled cakes. Jam makes EVERYTHING better!

Originally Posted by CGNYC

I do agree with this, though! I especially love a really buttery-seeming pound cake, and I'll enjoy a cake more if it has jam than if not, at least, though still not a huge fan.

I also love ice cream cakes which I'm hesitant to count as cake, since they're mostly ice cream formed into the shape of a cake. I'm really more a pie girl because I tend to prefer fruit and dairy (cheesecake, good apple pies, key lime) to just loads of sugar. I think most of the cakes I would like are the ones I am allergic to - the ones which are more spicy tend to have allspice which I am allergic to, and I'm allergic to alcohol which can also help lessen the sweetness issues.

A few people I know make a cake that looks exactly as you described. The recipe for it is on the back of the Hershey's Cocoa can. It has been for years. That might not be it, but it's worth a shot.

*my phone is killing me. we had to ask my uncle for the recipe many times before he broke down and told us. people seem to act a bit secretive with that one.*

Originally Posted by Fifi.G

Thanks fifi! I might have tried that years ago but always worth another shot!

Originally Posted by jeepcurlygurl

Is anyone a Friends fan? This reminds me of that episode where Monica is trying to duplicate the recipe for Phoebe's grandma's wonderful chocolate chip cookie recipe based off the one remaining cookie.

Originally Posted by goldy

I wasn't really a friend fan, but this made me think of that episode, too!

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